Azerbaijan, Baku, May 18 / Trend , A.Huseynbala/
An Azerbaijani opposition party has launched negotiations with 6 parties to jointly participate in the municipal elections.
"We have submitted a package of proposals to parties to establish the "Azad Azerbaijan" (Free Azerbaijan) bloc and they will reply after discussions," Chairman of the Azerbaijan Liberal-Democratic Party (ALDP) Fuad Aliyev told Trend on May 18.
The municipal elections will take place in Azerbaijan in autumn 2009 and the parliamentary elections in autumn 2010. Earlier, the municipal elections took place in 1999 and 2004.
Aliyev said if the bloc is not formed, they will participate in the elections independently. "We will continue work to form the bloc by September. If, before this time we do not receive positive responses from the parties, we will nominate our candidates in the elections," the ALDP chairman said.
The party's all regional organizations have already instructed to determine the candidates, he said. "Candidates for election to membership of the municipality are always many. Therefore, it is possible to determine the best candidates and provide their victory in the elections in the case of joint participation," Aliyev said.
The ALDP was founded in 1999. The party split into two parts after party chairman Zakir Mammadov died in 2000. Party led by Fuad Aliyev was recognized ALDP by the Supreme Court in 2004.
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